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Ostomy appliance

  • US 6,764,474 B2
  • Filed: 06/22/1998
  • Issued: 07/20/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/22/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An ostomy appliance comprising a body side member having a coupling flange and an adhesive wafer for securing the appliance to skin, said wafer having a hole for receiving a stoma, said ostomy appliance further comprising a separate sealing member disposed in the hole of the wafer for surrounding the stoma, said sealing member havinga) an adhesive portion of hypo-allergenic adhesive in the form of a moldable mass with an outer diameter that corresponds to the hole in the body side member and an inner diameter defining a hole, said adhesive for adhering to the skin and sealing around the stoma and for filling a void between the stoma and the body side member and having sufficient cohesion to be removed in one piece, independently of removal of the body side member when such is in use;

  • and b) a backing which covers a surface of the adhesive portion and projects from the outer diameter of said adhesive portion to define a flange which prevents direct contact between exudates and the coupling flange of the body side member, said sealing member being removable separately from said body side member after said ostomy appliance has been applied to the skin.

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